Analytical Model of a Combinatorial Number Lottery [Hardcover]

Lee, Ph.D. Whiting (Author)

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If you are a regular purchaser of lottery tickets, then the information contained within this book has a high degree of probability of saving you hundreds of dollars over the course of your betting life.

In Lee Whiting's brilliant tutorial treatise, he makes use of the wisdom of the ages. Drawing on the tenets of 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli, and the 18th century mathematician Abraham DeMoivre, their teachings function as a springboard. Applying the Monte Carlo Methods, and providing a generous quantity of observable proof, he offers the world the benefits of an analytical model, whose design is strictly the author's own invention. Firmly establishing empirical proof for his model, Whiting postulates a "basis for making an informed choice" when purchasing lottery tickets, revealing just exactly what the odds of winning really are.

Due to the form of his theories, and the content of their end result, this is a book that has something to offer, to both expert mathematical engineer, and average reader alike. For, if indeed possible, to make concepts such as "mutual exclusivity" and "quasi-independent Binomially Distributed random variable" accessible to the lay reader, then Whiting himself has succeeded in beating the odds.

About the Author

Lee Whiting was born in New York in 1912. After a military tour of duty during World War II interrupted aspirations for becoming an opera singer, he refocused his attentions upon the pursuit of a career as a mathematical physicist. In the years since, he has earned both a bachelor's and a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Dr. Whiting was married to the late Elizabeth Brahams, herself a concert pianist and teacher, for 48 years. At present, he makes his home in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 167 pages
• Publisher: Netsource Dist Services (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887750282
• ISBN-13: 978-1887750288
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,355,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Way too obtuse for the average player, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Analytical Model of a Combinatorial Number Lottery (Hardcover)

The entire value of this book to even erudite lottery players is contained in two sentences found on the last few pages. The balance of the book is an obtuse, intellectual and proud of it mathematical proof which will lose 99.8% of readers within the first three pages. I'm a CPA with a serious interest in combinatorial math and probablity, but this work provided me with little useful information. Unless you are a mathematician with a very narrowly focused interest in probablity theory as it relates to ramdom occurance generator models, this book is a pass.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book Is Really Bad., June 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Analytical Model of a Combinatorial Number Lottery (Hardcover)

This book is really bad. I wish I had found the time to review it when I bought it - then I could have returned it for a refund. This book is full of mathematical jargon, and never does provide clear explanations or examples of how to apply what is discussed to a lottery. Someone would be better off with a good book on probability theory, and develope their own models than to try to read this book. Save your money - Do Not Buy this book.

1.0 out of 5 stars Lottery Players, No Way!...Mathematicians, Maybe!, November 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Analytical Model of a Combinatorial Number Lottery (Hardcover)

If you are a lottery player looking for a book to provide you with guidance or strategies for playing lotteries then you need to AVOID THIS BOOK. If you happen to be a mathematician that wants to read 134+ pages of the author painfully detailing his mathematical model of a lottery then this might be your cup of tea. That this book is even remotely being marketed to the lottery player or the "average reader" as detailed in its editorial review is simply DEPLORABLE. The only portion of this book that would be of interest to a lottery player is the final couple of pages of the author's "treatise" where the reader is provided with a "basis for making an informed choice" when playing the lottery, the author's opinion on "so-called System Books", the author's view "About the Merits of Computer 'Picks'", and a blurb about the incredible odds that are against the player of a lottery. The "informed choice" and other stuff just mentioned is not that insightful nor helpful--certainly not worth the cost of the book! A funny story about this book: I was in one of those used bookstores, wherein people trade in their used books for credit towards other used books, and happened to see a copy of this book on the shelf. It was in perfect condition. Obviously, the original owner purchased the book, opened the book just once, saw all the mathematical symbols, maybe even tried reading a couple of paragraphs, closed the book, and traded it in as fast as they could. I laughed out loud when I saw it! Bottom line: a person has more of a chance of winning a lottery than this book has of being of any value (or read for that matter).